Who Eats What? is a free printable Kindergarten science worksheet on the pattern that animals need food from other living things and plants do not, aligned to NGSS performance expectation K-LS1-1. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Draw a line from each living thing to the food it needs.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A ladybird
An owl
A sunflower
A koala
A.Mice and voles
B.Tiny green aphids
C.No food at all: it needs light, water and air
D.Eucalyptus leaves
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A rabbit
A blackbird
A frog
A heron
A.Worms from the lawn
B.Grass and dandelion leaves
C.Fish from the pond
D.Flies it catches with its tongue
LessonPrint · K-LS1-1 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Who Eats What?
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A ladybird — B (Tiny green aphids) 2. An owl — A (Mice and voles) 3. A sunflower — C (No food at all: it needs light, water and air) 4. A koala — D (Eucalyptus leaves)
2.1. A rabbit — B (Grass and dandelion leaves) 2. A blackbird — A (Worms from the lawn) 3. A frog — D (Flies it catches with its tongue) 4. A heron — C (Fish from the pond)
Questions about Who Eats What?
What does the Who Eats What? worksheet cover?
It practices the pattern that animals need food from other living things and plants do not — 2 questions for Kindergarten, all on NGSS K-LS1-1: Notice what plants and animals need in order to stay alive. The instruction to students is “Draw a line from each living thing to the food it needs”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which NGSS performance expectation does Who Eats What? practice?
K-LS1-1, under Life Science for Kindergarten. The published performance expectation reads: “Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.” The worksheet assesses that performance expectation rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Who Eats What? is written for Kindergarten, typically ages 5-6. It is one of the sheets on K-LS1-1, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Who Eats What? come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Who Eats What? can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Who Eats What? free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Who Eats What?, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
More practice for K-LS1-1
Notice what plants and animals need in order to stay alive.